Starting tonight "Halo 3," the final chapter of Microsoft Corp.'s epic video game trilogy, finally goes on sale around the world. By the end of the week, fans in 37 countries will be playing the game Wired magazine recently called "a cultural touchstone, a Star Wars for the thumb stick generation." In the United States, more than 10,000 retailers across the country are opening their doors at midnight tonight solely to sell copies of the game and accompanying Xbox 360 consoles and accessories. With nary a pirate, a spider or a wand in sight, day-one sales of the highly anticipated … Continue reading Halo 3 Finally Launches →

Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the successor to the granddaddy of class-based multiplayer action games and the multiplayer component of The Orange Box, is now available in beta to those who pre-purchase The Orange Box via Steam (www.steamgames.com). Pre-purchasers will find TF2 activated in their Steam account and available for immediate play. This year's most anticipated online action game, Team Fortress 2 delivers new gametypes, persistent player statistics, and the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game to date, featuring a signature art style powered by Valve's next generation animation technology. Players choose from a range of unique character classes–such as … Continue reading Team Fortress 2 Beta Opens →

Sports Mogul Inc. announced today that their award-winning product, Baseball Mogul 2008, has topped 115,000 units in sales in just six months, breaking their sales record for the entire year of 2006. According to data from NPD Research, this makes Baseball Mogul 2008 the number 1-selling PC baseball game for the second straight year. This year's Baseball Mogul was the first game ever to give the player full control of any baseball franchise while also adding the strategic option of playing each game one pitch at a time. To achieve this level of realism, Sports Mogul built a database tracking … Continue reading Baseball Mogul Sells 100,000+ →

SEGA of America, Inc. today announced that Sonic Rush Adventure, created exclusively for the Nintendo DS, has shipped to stores across North America. Sonic Rush Adventure takes Sonic fans on an exciting high-speed island-hopping adventure filled with action-packed gameplay and all-new vehicles. Taking full advantage of the DS Touch Screen, players can perform amazing tricks to avoid treacherous waters and dangerous enemies – all while keeping an eye on both screens thanks to the much-loved DS dual screen action. Sonic Rush Adventure delivers the fast-paced adrenaline rush that DS players crave. Players clash with ruthless pirates along irresistibly fun 2D … Continue reading Sonic Rush Speeds To Retail →

Today the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma issued a permanent injunction against that state's unconstitutional attempt at regulating computer and video games, ruling that video games are a form of creative expression entitled to protection under the First Amendment. In her decision, the Honorable Robin J. Cauthron also found that there is no support or "substantial evidence" that video games are harmful to minors. ""[T]here is a complete dearth of legislative findings, scientific studies, or other rationale to support passage of the Act," Judge Cauthron wrote. "We need to move past unconstitutional attempts to circumvent … Continue reading Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Game Law →

Affinitive (http://www.beaffinitive.com), a pioneer and leader in word-of-mouth (WOM) and social media marketing and technology solutions, announces the launch of a new, nontraditional and highly innovative marketing program that leverages social media and WOM tactics to support the release of the second and third installments of NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.'s .hack//G.U. trilogy. Part "game-within-a-game", part branded social network, "The World" (http://www.altimitcorp.com) empowers video game enthusiasts who have "pledged membership" to "The World" to turn their passion into evangelism and to virally spread brand awareness, enthusiasm and buzz among their peers in support the game's fall release. Drawing upon the … Continue reading Affinitive, Namco, Launch WOM .hack Campaign →

The rock gods have spoken, and gamers around the world will now be able to unleash their inner-rock star on two brand new platforms. Aspyr Media, in partnership with Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that the third iteration of the wildly popular Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, will be available to PC and Mac gamers for the first time ever this fall. Being developed and published exclusively by Aspyr, the PC and Mac versions will match their console counterparts with explosive new content and features including a multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a … Continue reading Guitar Hero III To Release On PC And Mac →

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that BioShock, its hit title exclusively available for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows, secured the position of all-time top ranked Xbox 360 game and the year's highest ranked game across all console platforms on Metacritic.com, the popular site that aggregates review scores from the leading video game publications and websites. In addition, the title has set a new record on Xbox LIVE as the fastest downloaded demo to ever reach the 1 million mark. The gaming community first … Continue reading BioShock Is Top Ranked 360 Game →

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is set to release Crystal Dynamic's popular game Pandemonium on mobile devices throughout North America. Developed by Ideaworks, the mobile version faithfully recreates the 1997 game, complete with a 3D in-game camera, choice of characters, 18 beautifully designed 3D worlds, and easy to use controls. Pandemonium stars the hilarious combo of Nikki and Fargus; Nikki is a wizard-in-training with quick reflexes, a quicker wit and a propensity for acrobatics. Fargus is a slightly deranged jester with an even more deranged puppet sidekick called Sid. Other characters complete … Continue reading Pandemonium Comes To Mobile →

Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that a Limited Collector's Edition of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC will begin deployment on November 5 as part of the worldwide launch of the most intense and cinematic action game ever. Each Limited Collector's Edition includes a special hardcover book featuring exclusive concepts, never-before-seen imagery and final artwork from the award-winning team that details the breath-taking action from the soldier to the satellite. The Xbox 360 edition also takes gamers behind-the-scenes with a bonus DVD containing … Continue reading Call of Duty 4 Collector's Edition Announced →